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Expensive, Busy Week

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One week ago today I found my way onto this forum, I have passed through here a few times over the years but never stopped to look around. Well, after hours of staring at garage *********** in the gallery area and reading dozens of threads I started to get motivated and one week later I am here to say thanks for the ideas and boy its easy to spend money on the garage.

Improvements completed:
1. Installed 3 x T5-8 8ft fixtures over main parking and 2 x 4ft fixtures over work bench. I never knew how important lighting was to the "feel" of the garage.
2. Never liked my old 26" craftsman box with sliders, so based on feed back seen here I sold my old box and bought the HF 44" and the 5 drawer cart. I am very pleased with these two boxes.
3. I built a stand for my HF porta-band and turned it into a table top band saw. (been wanting to do this for years)

next:
1. I couldn't pass up the Gladiator 30" cabinets for $99 at sears so I bought 3 and will have them mounted behind the workbench this week.
2. I am researching floor options. I really like the racedeck floors but need to do more research.

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jgschroeder99

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Regular price on those Gladiator cabinets is a little salty, but for $99, they're hard to pass up. I have 4 in my garage, and am thinking about 1 or 2 more. I love the magnetic latch.
 
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I cant stop myself... just found two nice big 72" tall 40" wide steel cabinets on Craigslist for $30.. I need to lock down a long term plan and color scheme. Time to break out the sketch pad and crayons!
 

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This place has been both the best and worst thing I've ever found online. I'd have a lot more money if I didn't discover this site, but then I'd have a lot less fun too.
 
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Here is a picture of the MGB on the day I brought her home about 10 months ago.
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A little cosmetic surgery
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Some new suspension parts
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Refurbished and painted wheels.
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And this is what the car looks like today
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Here is a sneak peak at what comes next... A 3.4L Fuel injected V6 with a T5.
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Got the gladiator cabinets hung last night, they look great!
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Also picked up an awesome score on craigslist for some old metal cabinets for $30. I need to build shelves inside them and paint them but they area in good condition over all.
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CNGsaves

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Yes indeed you WILL be buying all kinds of stuff after GJ is flowing in your veins !! LOL !

Garage is looking great . . . . and Love the MGB. Once you stuff the V6 in her, that will be a wild ride. Start a new thread on the MGB itself and show us all you've done life-to-date. Thx for sharing, and welcome.
 
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Spent the morning prepping and starting to paint the craigslist cabinets. First let me say I still consider my self a newbie when it comes to painting, I have painted parts, wheels and even helped on a full car respray but I lack confidence with a spray gun. If you want to get some confidence and practice with a spray gun paint a full sized cabinet!!!! All the channels and tight corners required me to come up with a game plan for each panel before pulling the trigger, I really had to think it through, plus painting the inside was a real lesson in hose and clothing position awareness. I got the inside and the doors painted, I will let them dry for a day or so and then mask them off and paint the outer portion of the cabinet hammered black. I'm trying to get them reasonably close to matching the Gladiator cabinets.

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Well, the cabinets are painted, the workbench frame was also painted hammered black, I will be going to the local metal supply to find a 24x96 sheet metal work surface. Here are some pictures of the progress.

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